# deli
## English
### Etymology

Attested since 1954. Clipping of delicatessen, from German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), from French délicatesse, derived from the adjective délicat, from Latin delicatus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛli/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: Delhi
* Rhymes: -ɛli

### Noun

deli (plural delis)
* (informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
    Delis usually offer a broader, fresher menu than fast food chains.
** 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
** 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31:Part of the 'western arcade' (as it's known) is lined with delis, cafes and other shops, giving it the feeling of a bazaar.
* (informal) Food sold at a delicatessen.

#### Derived terms

* deli meat

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Diel, IDLE, Idle, Lide, diel, eild, idle, lied

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish deli (“mad, insane”), perhaps via Serbo-Croatian dèli (“brave”). Doublet of dalia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɛli]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: de‧li
* Rhymes: -li

### Adjective

deli (comparative delibb, superlative legdelibb)
* (rare, literary) stalwart, athletic (figure), well-built (person)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ deli in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* deli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* deli in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Portuguese
### Verb

deli
* inflection of delir:
** first-person singular preterite indicative
** second-person plural imperative

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

deli (Cyrillic spelling дели)
* inflection of deliti:
** third-person singular present
** second-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English deli.

#### Noun

deli c
* a simpler restaurant (selling lighter meals, for examples sandwiches and salads)
* a deli shop or deli section (at a retail store)

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | deli | delis |
| singular | definite | delin | delins |
| plural | indefinite | delier | deliers |
| plural | definite | delierna | deliernas |

### Etymology 2

Perhaps borrowed from Turkish deli.

#### Adjective

deli (comparative mer deli, superlative mest deli)
* (slang) stupid, retarded

### References

* deli in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* Slangopedia

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دلی (deli), from Proto-Turkic *tēlbe (“mad, crazy”). Doublet of Tilbe. Cognate of Turkmen däli, Azerbaijani dəli, Salar delli, and Tatar тиле (tile).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈli/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: de‧li

### Adjective

deli
* crazy, mad, insane

#### Usage notes

* Like its English counterparts, deli can be used figuratively to refer to something highly unusual (either positively or negatively) or to someone afflicted with a mental condition.

#### Derived terms

* deli dolu
* delikanlı
* delilik
* delirmek
* delişmen
* zırdeli

#### Descendants

* → Swedish: deli

#### Further reading

* “deli”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

## Volapük
### Noun

deli
* accusative singular of del

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈdɛlɨ̞/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈdeːli/, /ˈdɛli/

### Verb

deli
* second-person singular present indicative/future of dal

#### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Verb

deli
* Soft mutation of teli.

#### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.